Nancy Pelosi's "Surrender on Tour" act to Syria may have been a felony.
From WorldNetDaily:
The Logan Act, initiated by President John Adams in 1798, makes it a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years for any American, 'without authority of the United States,' to communicate with a foreign government in an effort to influence that government's behavior on any 'disputes or controversies with the United States,' points out Robert F. Turner, former acting assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs.
The background:
The Logan Act was requested by Adams after a Pennsylvania pacifist named George Logan traveled to France in 1798 to assure the French government the American people favored peace in the undeclared "Quasi War" being fought on the high seas between the two countries, Turner points out. Rep. Roger Griswold of Connecticut explained the object was "to punish a crime" arising "from an interference of individual citizens in the negotiations of our executive with foreign governments."
She isn't the only one that should have been prosecuted for undermining the United States during war. Remember John Kerry's little trip to France to lick the boots of the Vietnamese communists?
Think Bush will have the guts to do anything about it? Don't hold your breath.
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